Astroneer is a co-operative space exploration game set in a time when humanity has recently discovered the ability to travel between the stars. Take a look for yourself in the announcement trailer below:

Featuring diverse worlds that combine "careful artistry and procedural generation", up to four players can explore planets together in online co-op and create custom vehicles and modules.

One of the standout features is the ability to shape and mould the Play-Doh like planet surfaces in any form players wish, whether it’s building huge towers, makeshift bridges or digging right down into a planet’s core.

There’s no solid release date just yet, but over on System Era Softwork's blog the team assure people it will be released sometime before 20 December.

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